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Volume 3 Number 3 Fall 1993

MEMORY MAP
ROUTINES ADDRESS

T/SNUG Chairmen 1

T/SNUG Information 2

From The Chairman's Desk 3

Dayton Computer Fest 4

Compatible Cassette Recorders & Video Monitors 7

Special Notice to QL-ers 12

INPUT/OUTPUT New Format 13

Treasury Notes 14

ARTICLES

Ribbon Resuscitation for the Dot-Matrix 9

Inexpensive Z-88 Parallel to Serial Converter 15

Tasman 'B' Printer Interface 15a

Did You Know? That— LarKenTips 16

Ads 17

ZQ A! Index Highlights - Articles 18

Our Dealers 19a

Dealers' Ads 20

Public Domain Library List 24

T/SNUG Chairmen

Here is the list of 1993 T/SNUG Chairmen and how to contact them. We wish to support the following SIGS:- ZX-80/81/TS-1000,
Z88, SPECTRUM/TS-2068/TC-2068 and QL. If you have any questions about any of these fine machines, contact the Chairman.

POSITION NAME PHONE PRIMARY FUNCTION

Chairman Don Lambert (ISTUG) 219 925-1372 Chief Motivator

Vice-Chairman D.G. Smith 814 535-6996 Tape & JLO Library

Vice-Chairman Dave Bennett (CATS) 717 774-7531 Z-88

Vice-Chairman Ed Snow 407 380-5124 QL & ZX-81 Tape

Vice-Chairman Rod Gowen (CCATS) 503 655-7484 RMG

Vice-Chairman Rod Humphreys (VSUG) 604 583-2819 TS-2068

— Vice-Chairman Bob Swoger (CATUG) 708 837-7957 BBS/LarKen

Treasurer Abed Kahale (CATUG) 708 885-4337 Cash Tracker/Newsletter

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T/SNUG Information

ZXir QLive Alive!

is the newsletter of T/SNUG, the
Timex/Sinclair North American User Groups,
providing news and software support to the
T/S community in at least four newsletters
per year.

It is our goal to build and maintain a
Public Domain software library and develop
a list of available software for all T/S com-
puters showing the source.

T/SNUG wishes to have one
chairman from every T/S user group who
will take charge of sending us their group's
newsletter contents and other correspondence
for inclusion in the ZQA! Newsletter.

We encourage your group to copy this
newsletter and distribute it at regular meet-
ings to all your members. If you cannot copy
this newsletter, perhaps we can provide a disk
with the articles on it.

YOU can keep T/SNUG alive for an
annual contribution of $10 made payable to
Abed Kahale. Send check to:-

ABED KAHALE (LarKen Library)

335 W NEWPORT RD

HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60195-3106

Phone:- 708 885-4337

Back copies are available for 500 each postpaid

ZXir QLive Alive!

Articles Contributions

If you like to contribute an article to
the Newsletter, upload a file to our BBS, call
it TSNUG. ART. If you have an AD for the
Newsletter, UPLOAD a file call it
TSNUG.ADS. If you have news to

post about your group, UPLOAD a file call it
TSNUG.NWS

For help, contact the SYSOP by E-MAIL on
the T/SNUG BBS, mail or phone:-

BOB SWOGER (CATUG/LarKen)
613 PARKSIDE CIR
STREAMWOOD IL 60107-1647

It is preferred that you call:-

H 708 837-7957 W 708 576-8068

To contribute a hardcopy, tape or
disk send your inputs to:-

DONALD LAMBERT
ZXir QLive ALive! Newsletter
1301 KIBLINGER PL
AUBURN IN 46706-3010
Phone 219 925-1372

For software libraries, write or call the
following Vice-Chairmen. When writing
please enclose a LS ASE .

DAVE BENNETT

329 WALTON ST REAR

LEMOYNE PA 17045

ROD GO WEN

14784 QUAIL GROVE CIR

OREGON CITY OR 97045

(Z88)

(CCATS)

(VSUG/2068)

ROD HUMPHREYS
10984 COLLINS PL
DELTA B C V4C 7E6 CANADA

D G SMITH (2068 TAPE Library & JLO)
R 415 STONE ST
JOHNSTOWN PA 15906

ED SNOW (ZX-8 1 TAPE & QL)

2136 CHURCHILL DOWNS CIR
ORLANDO FL 32825

FROM THE CHAIRMAN'S DESK

The summer blahs have got me.
And the frustration in waiting
for Congress to act plus the
problems of the flooding in
other parts of the country. And
while there is a lot of flooding
the local area is too dry and
the grass is browning out. But
none of this is T/S related so
on we go.

My adventures with trying to get
a 3.5 drive to work properly was
a hard fast trip down a side
road. It turned out the drive
was doing what it was supposed
to do. The drive turned out to
be a single sided 180K 3.5 drive
which means it is a 40 track
drive. I thought that all 3.5
drives were 80 track. But I did
find a place that does not
overcharge to work on drives and
when I send in some other drives
I will report on what happens.
And if you have several drives
of the same make, model, etc
that do not work they will try
to combine the drives to get one
or more working drives. I will
keep you posted.

Another adventure was with
getting a Spectrum disk menu
loader working. I was sent the
disk in April and while I had
the disk from the TTSUC library
I could not get it to work with
the T/S 2068 that had a Russell
EPROM installed internally. I
finally decided that either the
EPROM or else the computer is
not working properly since it is
erratic with disk drives
regardless of whether the
Spectrum ROM is used. And with
my eyesight being just less than
what I feel is safe to use to
solder (cataracts) I twisted Bob
Swoger's arm to get him to put
a Spectrum EPROM on a Larken
Dock Board. So on the week that
the Board arrived back in my
computer room I again tried to
fix the Spectrum disk.

But in the process I expected to
have to install the MENU program
on the disk so I had the HELP
files from the MENU disk from
the TTSUC Library disk #L-25
printed out and there was a
paragraph:

"The Spectrum and TS 2068 menus
also differ in a couple of ways.
The Spectrum menu has a block of
programming at line 9000 which
will cause the Computer to
switch to the Spectrum mode, if
the AUTOSTART happens to
commence from the TS 2068 mode.
To make use of this feature you
must save the menu to disk by a
GOTO 9000."

However, line 9000 on the disk
in question is:

9000 CLEAR 27550: RESTORE 9030
And line 9030 is:

9030 DATA

205,102,0,62,3,211,244

,201,0,0,0,

And not being a programmer I
have no idea what is going on.

But being a key puncher I
gleaned the fact that if I turn
on the computer while holding
down the ENTER key all by itself
then the AUTOSTART would start
to LOAD and while doing so it
would automatically kick the
computer into the Spectrum
mode.

In the real world I found that
the disk had the AUTOSTART MENU
load program corrupt. I got out
the my WORKING copy of the disk
and it too was corrupt. But the
MASTER COPY was not. So now
knowing that I had a working
copy I copied the MASTER disk to
my WORKING copy plus to the
corrupted disk sent to me plus
an extra one to send back dust
in case. And all copies did I£)AD
the MENU from holding down the
ENTER key only and the Spectrum
games did run afterwards.

I used C0PYII.B1 on the D. U. S.
Version 4.0 disk written by
Kristian Bosivert to copy the
disk. For those not familiar
with the disk or the Larken 2068
disk initerface COPYII.B1 will
copy a disk starting with track

0 (and include the original
disk's title) and copy the disk
5 tracks at a time as it FORMATS
the disk. And when done it will
report if there is a bad disk in
the destination drive. It is
nice since you can do other
things while the computer is
copying.

So in a letter to Bob Swoger I
mentioned how the computer could
call up the MENU and POKE to
Spectrum mode and he called to
verify since he had not heard of
that before. I am hoping that
this will cause Bob to write an
article explaining it.

1 admit that I am one that does
not understand a lot of the
documentation that is provided
with software and hardware. And
Bob chides me about not reading
the manuals. I contend that
reading the manuals should not
be necessary, that the proper
instructions should be on the
screen. However, I can also see
that that can cause many extra
hours of programming and in some
cases the program would be far
too big for the memory
available.

There are a lot of good programs
that I have not used simply
because that I do not understand
how to use them. Also, and this
is not the programmer's fault
the program is using a media
(like spreadsheet ing) that I do
not understand either. But I am
not drifting without learning.
I do use programs that not long
ago that I avoided since I did
not understand them. Sometimes
using an unrelated program will
give me insight into another
program. And I have noted that
if you were to give 100

programmers software that they
had to use that soon you would
have many different versions
that were customized for their
particular requirements. For an
example take a look at all the
versions of TASWORD II and
MSCRIPT.

But back to the Spectrum EPROM ,
I believe that it could be
installed in a dock board, for
those that do not have the
Larken interface, and would
operate just as well- But I have
no positive knowledge of such.
If anyone has knowledge of such
an arrangement let me know how
it is done so that I can pass
the word on to others.

I had no idea when I started to
get this newsletter together
just what I would have to make
up the issue. But in looking at
the FORMAT newsletters that were
given to me at the Fest I saw an
article that I typed in that
should interest anyone with
printers that use nylon ribbons.
At least it has more information
that I thought available. 0/0

Don Lambert

Timex/Sinclair NorthAmerican
User Group

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The DAYTON COMPUTERFEST

by Donald S. Lambert

Instead of worrying about
mentioning some names and
forgetting to mention others I
will just hit the highlights of
the Dayton Computer fest as they
come to mind.

The location of the T/S tables
was the same as last year except
that across from us was the DMA
tables/booths and DMA was the
one that sponsored the
Computerfest. The DMA T/S
representatives Gary Ganger and
Tim Swenson manned a booth with

computers representing the
history of computing.

Like last year, SMUG, manned by
Bill Heberlein and Neil Schultz,
had the first two tables
starting from the left end of
the row then Mechanical Afinity
had several tables with Paul
Holgren and Frank and Carol
Davis and then the table for
T/SNUG and ZXir QLive Alive!
Frank and Carol Davis also
represented UPDATE MAGAZINE.

While I arrived at the Red Roof
Inn North at 3 PM (DAyton time)
Friday I was not the earliest
arrival - Hugh Howie had arrived
the previous day- He came down
1-75 and reported that it was
nothing but construction all the
way- I was on 1-75 from the
intersection with highway 30 and
construction was the rule of the
day- In fact I wondered if I was
going to be able to exit at the
proper exit for the Red Roof Inn
since I was again in the area of
a closed right lane. However,
the exit ramp was open so I
could use it- The next exit ramp
was closed however.

And to make the wife happy I
walk to the Cracker Barrel and
bought a couple of jars of
gourmet jam. And it did make her
happy .

I ran into a fellow and learned
that he was there to pass on his
equipment to other fellow T/Sers
since he was leaving the T/S
computers for another. Charlie
Reese came in from St. Louis, MO
and stayed through Saturday
night. I learned that he had a
set of disk drives, two 720K
drives, one a 3.5 and one a 5.25
in a case for sale. I was
greatly interested since I was
trying to find a working 720K
3.5 drive-
Quite a while later Paul Holgren
arrived and was surprised that
Frank and Carol Davis had not

arrived yet since they should
have been there. Turned out that
Paul had passed them when they
made a stop on 1-70- Paul had
his son John with him- Their
younger boy could not come since
he had a soccer tournament
Saturday . So Paul and John
represented their family.

Frank and Carol Davis arrived
and we went out to eat at Bob
Evan's in a group. After that
Frank, Carol and Paul went over
to set up for the show and on
the way back the driver's window
on Paul's van stuck all the way
down. They could hear the
electric motor running but no
action. Paul had to tape a black
garbage bag over the opening -
Luckily, the motel had patrol ing
security guards. We gathered in
Hugh Howie's room for a session
before every one headed off for
bed and the early rising to be
at Hara Arena early the next
day .

We gathered and drove to the
cracker barrel at seven for
breadfast. And afterwards, Paul
and Hugh Howie worked on Paul's
van window and Hugh got the
window up and they taped it up
till Paul could get into the
Chrysler dealership to get the
in warranty repair done. That
did make Paul feel lots better.

I got set up with my computer
and put on the program with the
WELCOME T/Sers message and then
I got the disk drives in their
case and since the drive cable
had a QL plog I tested each
drive by itself using a test
ribbon cable I had with me. Both
drives worked just fine. So when
Charles Reese arrived I offered
him a sum for the two drives,
case and all and he said it was
too much but he took the money .
I think that we are both happy
with the deal. SO NOW I AM ABLE
TO HANDLE 720K 3.5 DISKS FOR
EITHER THE LARKEN OR THE OLIGER
DISK INTERFACES FOR THE T/S
2068.

After my first foray to cruise
the flea market area I returned
to see Bob Swoger had just
arrived and he was dripping with
sweat. In fact all day Saturday
was very warm and humid . And
during the afternoon there was
a storm with rain, thunder and
lightning. Sunday, since the
Arena had far fewer people in
it, was far cooler. Either or
both days contributed to my
catching a sinus infection or
sinus cold that laid me low for
over a week .

I had arrived at the
computerfest to get a few items:
a working 3.5 720K disk drive,
some 360K 5.25 disk drives,
preferrable Tandon, some disk
cases and maybe some odds and
ends. I had the 3.5 disk drive
before the doors opened and when
they did I browsed the flea
market area. The cheapest disks
that I saw were 2 cents each for
used 5.25 and a nickle each for
3-5. I got a quantity of the 3.5
and planned to return for the
5.25 but they were gone when I
did return. But I did get some
five cent ones. I found a Tandon
TM 100-2A drive and got it for
*4. That was exactly what I
wanted. But I had no idea if it
worked. Another place I found a
Tandon TM 100-2A drive and the
guy said he had a box of them
out of IBM. The box was eight
drives. Knowing that I might
only get two or three working
drives I bargained the price and
got the box very reasonably.
After I hustled the box to my
car - closer than the T/SNUG
table I returned and found at
that vender yet another Tandon
drive. I asked how much for the
one that I had missed before. He
took a look and gave it to me.
It had a missing drive belt. I
had spotted some disk cases but
I did not press the issue and
waited for later in the day. I
did find another Tandon drive
and while the guy wanted $5.00
I said that was too much he

came down and then I noticed
that one of the posts that mount
the top board was broken and
pointed it out and he took far
less.

Incidentally, the drive missing
the drive belt worked just fine
and so did the one with the
broken post. I ended up with
five working drives and four
that need some tweaking. Plus a
CDC drive that I can not test
till I put a drive select socket
on the board. One Tandon drive
I could not test since it has an
odd switch up next to the drive
door latch that I will have to
trouble shoot to see what it is
designed to do. It might be a
sort of circuit to prevent
writing to a disk but I am not
sure at this point. I had in the
past a Tandon drive that had the
two wires that went to the write
protect switch cut. That drive
would read a disk and go through
the motions of writing but did
nothing to the disk.

But when I did try to get a got
discount on the disk cases (the
disk cases were already well
below normal price) I did get a
buck off and he packed the three
5.25 cases (hold a hundred
disks) plus the 3.5 disk case
into the big box I paid and
left. Later that night I found
that I had four 5.25 disk cases
so I don ' t know whether he knew
it or not. At least I only paid
for four cases and had five
cases. In my computer room the
disks seem to multiply like
rabbits.

But there is still interest in
the T/S computers and there are
those that are still getting
into the T/S computers. We had
a couple start out. What happens
next is anybody's guess. At
least they had names and
addresses of who to write or
call for help.

Saturday night we all were

invited to Tim Swenson's house
for a BBQ type supper- There was
plenty to eat and we all had a
chance to visit, discuss
computers and programming.

Sunday morning we ate at Bob
Evens and headed out to the Hara
Arena. Except that this time
most left with the motel room
vacated and we left Hara after
it was all over to go on our
own. Hugh Howie had mentioned
either going back to Canada
Sunday morning or Monday morning
but must have left early Sunday
morning since we did not see him
after Saturday. And as usual,
Frank and Carol Davis planned to
stay over and leave Monday.

Masako, my wife, was a little
upset over what I brought back
but got over it when I got all
the drives tested and the none
working ones tossed out. I
actually tossed more drives than
I brought back so that satisfied
her. Amongst the non working
drives that I already had was
one that ran slow, about 200
rpm, and made grinding noises.
I did change the spring
deal on the top of the
that clamped the disk
spindle and it became a
drive. And that was a drive that
I had since last year. 0/0

loaded
spindle
to the
working

V.V.V.VM.V.'AV.V:

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ZX81 BASIC PROGRAMMING.

por Steven Vickers

(Traducido y adaptado
INVESTRONICA, S. A.)

Capitulo 1

Instalacion del ZX81

Al desembalar el ZX81,
encontrar :

1. Este manual.

por

tres para jacks (marcados 9V DC
IN, EAR y MIC) una toma de
antena y una parte de su placa
de circuito al descubierto,
donde Ud. puede conectar equipo
extra. No existen inter ruptores ,
para encenderlo solo tiene que
enchufarlo a la fuente de
alimentacion .

The book is
spiral bound
manual .
version
Spanish
pages.
Spanish

2. El computador. Este tiene

a bound book not
like the U. S. ZX81
And while the U. S.
runs to 154 pages; the
version runs to 212
Since I do not read
I do not know whether
the extra pages is due to a more
wordy translation. I strongly
suspect that this was printed
for the use of the ZX81
computers that were sold to
Argentina. If it were Brazil,
the book would be in Portugese
since that is the official
language of Brazil.

I feel that if we had a closer
tie to Argentina that we would
have much more action with the
ZX81 computers than we have now.
The popularity of the ZX81 in
Argentina is because it is the
only affordable computer in a
country of poor people. 0/0

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COMP AT I BLE CASSETTE RECORDERS

I ran into this information
issued by Timex and realize that
while late it could help some
that are still using the T/S
1000 (and I presume T/S 2068)
computers and the cassette mass
storage systems. These models
may only be found in flea
markets and garage sales but it
is a lead.

debe COMPATIBLE CASSETTE RECORDERS

BRANDS MODELS

GENERAL ELECTRIC 35015
GENERAL ELECTRIC 35305

GENERAL ELECTRIC
GENERAL ELECTRIC

LLOYDS
PANASONIC
PANASONIC
PANASONIC
PANASONIC
RADIO SHACK
RADIO SHACK
RADIO SHACK
RADIO SHACK
REALISTIC
REALISTIC
SANYO
SANYO
SANYO
SANYO
SONY
WINDSOR
I have also

3- 5152-B
Silhouette

4- 35152
VI 808
2107-D
CRQ-30945
RQ-21084
RX-12500
CTR-37
CTR-57
CTR-61
26-1206
14-802
14-812
M-1002
M-2555-2
SLIM-1
SLIM-5
TCM-737
M-2260

found a REALISTC

TEKNIKA
0/0

3439

MINISETTE-9 works very well- The
MINISETTE-9 is an almost
look-a-like to the T/S 2020.
0/0

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX7.7.XX
TELEVISION COMPATIBILITY

Our Timex testing program has
determined that the following
late model COLOR televisions
which use a new style solid
state tuner are incompatible
with your Timex Sinclair 1000.
These televisions do not contain
a fine tuning adjustment and,
therefore, cannot be adjusted to
mate with your Timex Sinclair
1000.

Most other television sets are
compatible with your Timex
Sinclair 1000, and we suggest
you avoid using your computer

with these
models.

BRANDS

ZENITH

TEKNIKA

few

MODELS

SN1973

Y1908

S41927

S41926

3379

3349

3249

television

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

16K MEMOPAK

I did not know that there were
two versions of the 16K ram paks
by MEMOTECH until I attended the
Dayton Computerf est . The
interest was spurred by the
request for information by Wayne
Knaust in the last issue- Of the
two versions it appears that
Wayne has the early version (As
did I until the Computerf est ) in
which the oval opening in the
back does not disclose 4 DIP
switches. The later version does
have the four switches. I have
sent the information to Wayne
for his comments. It is possible
to upgrade the early version to
the later version but I do not
know how involved that
the Dayton Computerf est
16K MEMOPAK and when I
had the dip switches
manual I bought it.

is. At
I saw a

saw it
and the

The 32K version manual did
mention that there was a way to
upgrade the 16K switchless
version to enable to it to be
used in addition to other memory
paks. But it did not give any
details. Anybody got the
details? 0/0.

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NOTE TO MEMBERS

If you have a question or
problem, an article or a
complaint send a
Card to:>)

note or Post

ABED KAHALE

335 W NEWPORT RD

HOFFMAN ESTATE IL 60195-3106

Phone (708) 885-4337

DONALD S. LAMBERT
1301 KIBLINGER PLACE
AUBURN IN 46706-3010
Phone (219) 925-1372

RE- INKING YOUR RIBBONS

I know that Abed Kahale did a
little piece on re-inking
ribbons but this is from a
different source and does give
quite a bit of background
information .

The source is FORMAT (Vol 4 #3:
November 1990) which is a U. K.
based newsletter for the
SPECTRUM and SAM users. (Don't
ask me what SAM is?)- Terms and
prices are in the lingo of the
U. K.

RE- INKING

RIBBON RESUSCITATION
ASSISTANCE FOR THE IMPECUNIOUS
OR DOT-MATRIX DISASTER?

By John Wase

Do you re— ink your dot matrix
printer ribbons? I do, and (I
think) save myself quite a lot
of money in the process.
However, before you dash out to
buy a bottle of Quink, let me
mention that there are quite a
lot of snags that you really
ought to hear about.

Firstly, there is the ink. This
should, of course run freely
(but not too freely), and give
a good dark impression. More
subtle are the requirements
which intimately concern the
mechanism of the print head. As
you probably know, the print
head rapidly fires and refires
a series of pins (most usually
nine, eighteen or twenty four,
depending on the quality, and
cost of the printer), forcing
them onto the ribbon, and
therefore making inky dots on
the paper behind. Anyone that
has watched this will be struck
by the speed at which it all
happens (you can't see the pins
being fired; it's all far too
quick) and the more curious may
well have burned their fingers
on the top of the print head,

which can get very hot indeed.
When you think about this a bit
more, you can see that the
lubricating, clogging and
evaporative properties of the
ink will be very important in
respect of the ultimate life of
the print head mechanism. And a
dead print head usually means a
new printer - they are rarely
economical to repair. So the use
of inappropiate inks (like the
bottle of Quink) is bad news.

Let us look at things now in a
little more detail. Don White,
Professor of Chemical

Engineering at the University of
Arizona has done a bit of
research into this subject,
finding that the life of a print
head can actually be
significantly extended if
ribbons are regularly coated
with a lubricant - based ink of
the proper type. As Don says,
the elements involved in the
printing process are the print
head needles, the nylon fabric
ribbon, the ink and the paper.
The mechanics of the process,
too, are important in respect of
ribbon life: they depend, in
turn, on the strike pressure of
the print - head needles, the
contact time of the ribbon and
the paper, the ribbon properties
(ink absorption and affinity),
the ink properties (viscosity,
darkness) and the paper
properties (porosity and ink
absorption). To make thinks even
more complicated, the print head
consists of electromagnetically
fired metal needles individually
cased in plastic cylinders: the
strike pressure of the needles
can vary from 5 to 200 pounds
per square inch, and contact
times with the paper (which are
also a function of the printing
speed and strike pressure) range
from 10 to 200 microseconds.

Nylon fabric is the most widely
used material for ribbons - the
ribbon good ink absorption
characteristics and resistance

to wear. To improve the ink
absorption onto the nylon
ribbon, the woven fabric is
subjected to texturisation (the
fibres are thermally treated,
transforming the filaments into
a highly twisted structures to
improve porosity), and then a
highly polarity polymer coating
is added to the fabric surface
to furthur improve affinity for
the ink. High speed printers and
twenty - four pin models use
high - density ribbons with less
porosity but much improved wear
resistance - so don't try
swapping ribbons between nine
and tenty - four pin machines -
you'll probably damage print -
heads.

The ink, of course, is the key
component. It must contain a
permanent dye with a minimum of
insoluable particles (non
abrasive and less than three
microns maximum diameter), and
it must neither react chemically
with nor degrade in any other
way the print head mechanism.
That means that it must be
compatible with stainless steel,
phosphor bron ze , bery 1 1 ium ,
copper, nylon, acetal,
polyethylene and polypropylene.
It must also contain an imk
compatible additive which is
stable and which will not form
fummy precipitates on the print
- head, but which will form a
thin protective coating on the
metal surface, lubricating the
works well over the whole
operating temperature range. The
only practical additive which
meets these requirements is a
silicone of one sort or another,
and ink is without such an
additive is pretty useless. A
number of printer manufacturers
advise against re - inking
ribbons. This advice is valid if
traditional clay - based
printing inks are used, for
these will dry on the needle
cylinder walls and clog the
print head. However, this will
not occur if the proper ink is

used: indeed, Don has postive
proof that head life can be
extended with regular use of a
proper ink which contains the
appropiate lubricant.

Finally, to give you the
complete low - down, let me
mention that the key elements
which affect ribbon and print -
head life are the needle impact
pressure (which can to some
extent be varied by the printer
user) and frequency of impact
(which can not): the friction
coefficient between needles and
ribbon, and the print - head
impact temperature, which are
both profoundly affected by the
presence and properties of the
ink. This is because the
friction coefficient between the
matrix needles and the ribbon is
very important. A large
proportion of the strike energy
is transformed into heat and the
material properties of the nylon
ribbon are themselves very
sensitive to an increase in
working temperature. With
repeated use, the needle
temperature can rise near the
melting point nylon (480 degrees
F) causing the ribbon to soften
under the needles. The situation
is made worse because nylon is
a poor conductor of heat.
However, as long as there is
plenty of lubricating ink,
adhesion between hot needles and
nylon surfaces is prevented, so
reducing wear: the presence of
ink in between the filaments
dissipates the impact energy. Of
course, once the filaments begin
to dry out, the impact
temperatures rises sharply,
causing rapid degradation of the
fabric, a hole in the ribbon and
possibly a ruined print head.

I tried out two very different
re - inkers. The first is
Caspell's "Ribbon Refresh". This
comes as an aerosol canister at
less than % 10.00 including
postage. The other device is the
"Maxiprint Ribbon Re - Inker"

from AC Enterprises. This varies
in price (there was a special
offer when I got mine) but is
likely to be at least * 40-00- It
consists of a box full of bits
and pieces.

"Ribbon Refresh" first. To use
this, you prise off the lid of
the ribbon. This is usually a
mooulding with a number of
plastic pegs in it which fit
into holes in the raised edge
around the base. Great care is
needed, as the pegs on the lid
are easily broken off. The use
of a ribbon where pegs are
missing on the plastic box can
result in the ribbon jamming and
doing in the print head. Great
care is also needed because, as
you prise the lid off, a spring
- loaded gadget which is
difficult to replace often
shoots out: beware. Once the lid
is off, the ribbon is revealed
as "concertinaed" fabric within
the container. Put the open
container, still with the ribbon
inside, on a large sheet of
newspaper, preferably out of
doors. Put the tube (like the
one supplied with WD40) into the
aerosol press - spray and spray.
Too little and the resulting
print has light and dark
patches. Too much and it's a
runny mess. Don't forget to turn
the knob after inking to bring
the bits from outside and the
ends into the middle, and to
spray those, too. It's best to
have several ribbons and do them
well in advance, so that the ink
soaks well in and the lightest
hydrocarbon evaporates: I speak
from bitter experience. Unless
you take care, it can be a very
messy job. Having said that,
I've used "Ribbon Refresh"
successfully since it was
introduced, and have saved
myself a fortune on replacing
ribbons. True, the ink is not so
black, nor does it last so long,
but one can't have everything,
can one .

The "Maxiprint Ribbon Re
Inker" is a horse of a different
colour. The base of the box is
slotted, and you have to
assemble and screw a number of
bits into this in order to clamp
your particular shape of ribbon
thightly. You then mark the
start of the ribbon with a
little dab of "Tippex", open the
ink cartridge and turn a handle
which is slotted onto the ribbon
drive. My Epson FX80 types of
ribbons are the least
conveniently accomodated, and I
find it difficult to get the
clams tight enough. The loop
around the cartridge was not as
tight as I would have liked- In
opening the cartridge, I got the
stuff all over my hands- The ink
did not run as freely as I would
have liked and I couldn't
control it as well as I had
hoped, so that the first ribbon
seemed over - inked, whilst
others had the ink applied
rather patchily. The winder kept
coming off the ribbon: whilst it
was stopped, the ink kept going,
with a great big patch- It also
took a very long time to wind
the ribbon right through to the
white "Tippex" mark again. Much
of this was beginners'
clumsiness, but I would not, for
instance, recommend this to the
Junior School teacher whilst the
class was waiting!

So what were the results like.
Marvellous, actually. They
exceeded my wildest

expectations. The ribbon was
super - black. I have used one
for ages in an Epson RX80 (you
remember, the very old one) with
Tasprint at double height to
print leaflets and handbills.
And still it carries on and on,
as fresh as when I first reinked
it. I get the impression that it
lasts quite a bit longer than a
new one.

So what's the verdict? At first
I thought this was going to be
a one - horse race: "Ribbon

Refresh" is so much cheaper and
I found it so easy. However, the
results, though satisfactory,
are not nearly so impressive as
those for the "Maxiprint"
device. For the amateur,
therefore, with a low rate of
ribbon usage, I would recommend
the Caspell can, for here one
would need to buy only five or
so new ribbons before the break
— even pooint was reached.
However, if you are a fairly
large user of ribbons (more than
twenty), like a small business
office, or a teacher in a
computer — aware school, and
particularly if you need an
especially good impression or it
you use an awlful lot of
graphics, then the "Maxiprint
Ribbon Re - inker" could suit
you better.

EDITORIAL COMMENTS:

I thought that the background of
what to avoid is good. One way
to test ink for whether it is
oil based or water based is to
apply a tiny amount to a jar of
water and shake it up. The water
based will dye the water
uniformly while the oil based
will form droplets of the ink
and oil. Paul Holgren has told
me of re - inking ribbons by
using a piece of plastic and
holding it folded over the
ribbon and then using an
electric screw driver to run the
ribbon through the plastic with
ink on it. I have tried that but
it seems that I need another
hand to do it. That way does not
require opening the ribbon
cartridge (box) which is not
that big a deal with the ribbons
for my Epson LX810. What is
needed is a way to hold the
entire assembly including
holding down the switch on the
electric screwdriver. I have
heard of using mineral oil and
also WD40. Once in the past I
got a bottle of re - inking ink
from RMG but looking at the ink
I have hesitated to try it

since I could be weeks getting
the ink off of stuff that was
not to be inked. If interested
in that the next time you order
from RMG ask Rod Gowan about the
ink. 0/0

SPECIAL NOTICE TO QL-ERS !

I have a great problem! I do not
have a QL so I can not even try
to write material for the QL. If
I do not get any material
submitted from a QLer then I
will have to type in (if
possible) old articles from
other newsletters articles, etc.
pertaining to the QL. I very
likely will use articles that
are of little interest to QLers.
I would like to supply a good
new article pertaining to the QL
but I would never know since I
do not have a QL.

Besides I am still learning to
use the T/S 2068 and the T/S
1000 when and if I have one set
up. I would like to have one of
each kind of T/S computer
(including the QL) with each
disk interface set up and
running at all times so that all
I would have to do is lift the
dust cover and turn it on. But
space prevents that dream from
materialising. I currently have
a pair of T/S 2068s set up, one
with the dual Larken/Oliger disk
interface and the other a pure
Larken disk interface but with
the Spectrum EPROM installed on
the dock board.

So you QLers send in something.
What maybe oldstuff to you might
be just what someone else wants
to know. Send it in whatever
form you can, longhand, typed,
ran off on a printer, on disk
for the T/S 2068 (3.5 720K, 5.25
either 360K or 720K) or if you
have access to an IBM an ASCII
file (word processor file) disk
(in the mentioned sizes) can be
converted to something I can
print out. 0/0-

Input/Output

You might have noticed, the last
issue of Sir QLive was in a
different format as well as a few
errors that crept in due to the rush
to get it out on time. Bob Swoger who did a
commendable editing job, can no longer
perform this task because of his other
commitments (3 newsletters, a full time job, a wife
and a daughter that talk back and a cat too). Don
Lambert and myself are presently producing
Sir QLive, then Bob runs the copies for me to
mail. There is no one to edit and spell check
Don's articles they are what comes out of his
printer, Don doesn't care about the spelling
anyway, right Don?. We will do our best to
keep Sir QLive Alive. If you can contribute
with an article, a query or a solution to a
problem, please do so; the well is not dry as
yet. As Les Cottrell puts it in his article in the
following pages 'Did You Know?' "that if
you all share your tips, we could all
benefit from it. "

News Item

8/30/93

Dundee, Scotland — Timex Corp.
said Sunday it had shut down its factory in
Dundee, Scotland, following one of Britain's
most bitter industrial conflicts of recent years.
The factory made printed circuit boards for
electronic cookers (microwave ovens/). The
Company predicted the closure two months
ago. On Sunday, a spokesman announced the
factory would not reopen Monday morning.
He added that Timex "deeply regrets ending
its presence in Dundee after 47 years in the
City." The plant, which had lost £10 million
($15 millions) over the past six years, was the
scene of sometimes violent demonstrations by
locked out workers angry over cost cutting
efforts.

eep em earning

Jeffrey Kuhlmann CMR/416 APO>
" Although Mr. Lambert does not have a QL, I
was referred to him when I bought mine , and
he was extremely helpful." "It is great to see
newsletters still devoted to the Sinclairs." "I
look forward to seeing my first issue!"

Daniel A. Chattin Custom Audio
Works of Otis MA :- "I have been involved
with the Sinclair computers for some time
now. I built the original ZX81 kit and have the
wafer drive, Memotech keyboard as well as a
host of other Memotech add ons. My main
computer is still an expanded QL (640K) with
two 3" 180K and two 3.5" 720K drives as well
as one 5.25" 360K drive.

Dane Stegman of Akron NY :- "Would you
please send me a sample issue of your
Newsletter." "I believe, I wrote to you a
couple of years ago ... never got a sample

issue.

Sorry for the inconvenience, I did mail you an
issue back then, according to my records. It
must have been lost in the mail. He did receive
the last issue and he is a new member.

Louis A. Simon of Bridgeport CT> "I am a
few miles from where the TS2068 was made.
We had a small users group but they broke up
right after the SYNC Mag. and others folded
up. I own a ZX81, TS2068 and a QL" "I
enjoy acquiring a good program written in
BASIC and I try to improve the program."
"Thank you for the tips .. It has helped me in
printing out the excellent IstClass BytePower
Magazine. I can print the LISTing but not the
graphics." "I see by an article that I was not
alone getting soaked by Mr. Boisvert they

cashed my check and inquiries went
unanswered." "They advertised in the UPDATE
Mag. selling their stock, I ordered two items."
It is rumored that one of our dealers is taking
over the BytePower software.

Re-Inking Dot-matrix Ribbons

(page 9 in this issue)

My little article on re-inking that
appeared in the Fall 92 issue of Sir QLive!, did
not warn against using any old ink, but did
specify to use printer ink (which is oil based).
The inking can be very messy if not careful, but
the ink can be removed using hand cleaner such
as fo-Jo as used by car mechanics or a paint
thinner for that matter. I have been re-inking
and (mineral) oiling my ribbon for the last 15
months or so with excellent results. I could not
see paying Radio Shack $9.95 for a ribbon
cartridge about a quarter the size of modern
cartridges and lasts much less. In fact I installed
a piece of sponge that rests against the ribbon
inside the cartridge and soaked it with ink. It
wets the ribbon as the ribbon passes and rubs
against it.

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As of September 29, 1993
we have a balance of $470.33
Abed Kahale Treasurer

The Timex/Sinclair
NorthAmerican User Groups

INEXPENSIVE Z-88 PARALLEL TO SERIAL CONVERTER

by Jay Shepard

I have mentioned before of my
resistance to paying more for an item
than I think it's worth.
I feel this way about the price of
currently offered parallel to serial converters.
Especially those offered for the Z-88. So, I
was doing without until my friend, Bob
Swoger, who fortunately dabbles in other
computers, like COCOs (Tandy color
comp.), told me of a converter for a COCO
that could be had for $40. I asked the name
of the firm handling this jewel;
Dayton Assoc.
9644 Quailwood Tr.
Spring Valley, Ohio 45370
(513) 885-5999

They call it the Blue Streak Ultima.
The cost is $29.95 if your printer provides +5
volts DC. on pin 18 of the printer connector,
if not then for $6.00 more, they'll include a
wall plug power supply. It has a baud rate
range from 300 to 19200, selectable by a
switch!!! It comes with DIN plug, which will
have to be converted to a DB-9 to be able to
hook up to the Z-88's serial port, but it's
only three wires, so even if you don't have
the expertise to handle a soldering iron, you
can find someone to do it using the following
instructions for wire placement.

Separate the plastic case by carefully
prying it apart at the seam with
something like a small screwdriver.
You'll have to do this because the
people who put these together don't observe
a color code and you'll have to determine
wire location visibly. Once you're inside,
holding the case with the printer connector
end away from you, which is the serial port
wire entrance end toward you, you'll see the
three wires of this serial cable soldered to the
PCB in a row.

If you'll number them from left to
right away from the SCR, then they connect
to the DB-9 connector as follows:

Wire #1 — DB-9 pin #2
Wire #2 — DB-9 pin #5
Wire #3 — DB-9 pin #7

When this is done and you put the
plastic case back together without catching
the wires on top of the baud rate selector,
you're in business.

The DB-9 connectors sold by Radio
Shack (276-1403) have good hardware for
capturing the wires. You will have to get the
pin crimping tool.

Before you try to print out with o
PO, you should first make sure you selected
the 9600 baud rate on the panel. You get
there by keying [ ]s. Then, of course, you
select mat on your Blue Streak, also.

I found the way this unit is shaped
gets in the way of my paper path so I got a
cable extension to get it out of the way. Do
not use an extension longer than 24 inches, it
will delay the bytes and many drop out. I use
a Radio Shack Cat. No. 26-2867. It's $10.95
in the States. Other than that it works as it
should,
so enjoy.

TIMEXERS CAN
SURVIVE WITH HELP!

The Tasman 4 B' CPI

Make it Work With the LarKen DS-400

by Larry Kenny & Bob Swoger

George Chambers wrote to say: "We
have been looking at the possibilities, i.e.
reasonableness, of modifying the Tasman
'B' printer interface to make it compatible
with the LarKen disk system. Presently there
is some sort of a port conflict and the LarKen
will not function when this particular model
of printer interface is connected. The ques-
tion is, does anyone know what port
addresses the LarKen system uses?"

Here is the answer on how to use the
Tasman 'B' CPI from Larry Kenny himself.
The problem is not really a port conflict.
Instead, the problem is that the Tasman 'B'
CPI is not completely decoded. The Tasman
'B' has an input port of 191 but A7 is not
being looked at by the CPI to come to this
conclusion! If the mailman only looked at the
first two numbers of an address and gave me
all the mail that began with '61', my address
being '613', I would wind up getting a lot of
wrong mail. That is the Tasman problem.

Larry favored the AERCO CPI because
it completely decodes the address bus, but he
made provisions for Tasman 'B\ A & J and
others if they were modified. I like the
Tasman 13' because it can send all bytes to
the printer from 0 to 255 and the AERCO
can't. So I have modified my Tasman 'B'
CPI for LarKen compatibility to run my
Christmas Return Label program. It should
be noted that this fix will not work for the
Tasman 'A' or Tasman *C\

To make the Tasman 'B' CPI work
with the LarKen disk System, acquire a
74LS04 quad NAND and some small gauge

insulated hook-up wire. Open the Tasman
'B' CPI by first carefully peeling back the
plastic label away from the screws. (If you
pick up the ends carefully with an X-ACTO
knife, the label will press back over the
screws when you are done without even a
wrinkle.) Remove the four screws that hold
the case together and open the case. Examine
the PC board to be certain that you have a
•B' version Tasman CPI. It is a 'B' if it is
labeled 'VERSION B'.

Next, make the trace cut of A6 on the
underside of the PC board close to board
edge connector with the X-ACTO knife.
Now follow the rest of the instructions Larry
has given us in the diagram. When you are
finished, carefully check all connections
against Larry's diagram (next page). I didn't,
and had to go back in to fix my problem.
Finally, close the case and press the plastic
label back into place.

Next, follow the instructions in your
LKDOS manual to select the Tasman printer
driver rather than the AERCO.

As for the port addresses of the LarKen
system, I don't know them, but here are the
CPI addresses from 'The Best of SUM', the
newsletter-turned-magazine of the Gainsville
Sinclair Users Group by Joe Williamson and
Richard Cravy:-

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KNOT

FlTTl That TASWORD files may
JjTTfj be LOADed into MSCRIPT?
yLJU Assuming that both use, the
.CT extension and imbedded
commands are not used the
file will load easily. There will
be some clean-up required since TASWORD
doesn't use carriage returns. Some words will
end up run together and there will be extra
spaces in places but it is relatively easy to fix
with MSCRIPT 'insert space' key(l),
'delete' key(O), and 'delete left' key(9).

♦ That MSCRIPT files may be LOADed into
TASWORD? The conversion isn't quite as
easy as above, but it can be done. MSCRIPT
uses carriage return (ENTER) and they will
show up in TASWORD as the graphic found
on the '8' key. That is your clue for
paragraphs and blank lines, if you work from
the bottom of the document and come up, the
paragraphs can be separated using 'insert
line' (SS-AND). The next step is to delete all
leading spaces for any line. Then the
paragraph can be reformatted with 'reformat
to end of paragraph' (SS-STEP). The
paragraph will probably have some split words,
delete extra spaces there and reformat again if
necessary. (TASWORD's 'what-you-see-is-
what-you-get' format makes the load into
MSCRIPT easier than vice-versa.)

♦ That LarKen version 3 users can save a
block of disk space when saving Artist II by
adding the line:

1BEEP1, 1: PAUSE 60
Enter GOTO 1 and press the NMI button
when the long BEEP ends, press the SHIFT
and 1. Version 3 owners can then rename the
file by:

MOVE "NMI-S1.CM", "artist.B9"

or whatever name suits you, I use .Bn or .B9
to indicate NMI saves - the change from .C to
.B extension avoids adding 'CODE'. I imagine
there are other programs that can be done this
way. It also gives you a clean bottom line when
the load is completed.

♦ That if you load a program with machine
code with a "0 REM" statement that you
shouldn't use the OPEN#4, "dd" command?
BytePower programs often use "0 REM"
code, so don't blame the program if you have
used a 'boot' program with OPEN# 4. The
solution is as simple as removing 'OPEN# 4,
"dd"' and replacing 'PRINT# 4' with
'RANDOMIZE USR 100'. Merely trying to
CLOSE# 4 doesn't resolve this problem. This
one is in the Larken instructions (but I forgot!).
The lesson here is to reread the Instructions
every so often.

♦ That version 3 owners can make any pro-
gram pause with the NMI button after
inputting the following one liner:
RANDOMIZE USR 100: POKE 16100, 201:
RANDOMIZE USR 100: POKE 8214, 16100

The program pauses when you press
the NMI button and may be resumed by
pressing the "F" key.

♦ That version 3 users can re-boot from
within any program with the NMI-F feature?
This assumes you have an AUTOSTART
program written in BASIC in your booting
drive. After writing the pause routine above to
stop a program with a countdown clock, I
started considering other ways to use this
clever feature. I had been adding the GFC re-
boot routine to my BASIC programs, but
many MC programs still required turning off
the computer. By installing the following

routine in my RAMDISK boot program I can
now re-boot from any program.

The heart of this program is lifted from
the instructions in the Larken Disk Editor
Instruction Manual. Once the program is
LOADed I merely press the NMI button, then
the "F" key and my RAMDISK is selected and
booted. Obviously the program can be S AVEd
independently and run from your menu or as
you choose.

The first number in line 5 determines
which drive is selected:

Drive 0 12 3 4
Code 2 4 8 16 128

This program is numbered so that it
can be merged between lines 0 and 10.

1 RESTORE 4

2 FOR a = 16100 TO 16164

3 READ b: RANDOMIZE USR 100: POKE
a, b: NEXT a

4 DATA 123, 205, 98, 0, 62

5 DATA 128, 50, 3, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 33, 27,
63, 17, 34, 32, 1, 10, 0, 237, 176, 62, 11, 50,
2, 32, 205, 198, 0, 42, 124, 32, 34, 51, 32,
42, 134, 32, 34, 49, 32, 205, 201, 0, 62, 100,
251, 201, 0, 0, 0

6 DATA 65, 85 84, 79, 83, 84, 65, 82, 84,
32

7 DATA RANDOMIZE USR 100: POKE
8214, 16100

8 BEEP .5, .5: PRINT "NMI-F REBOOT
ACTIVATED": PAUSE 100: CLS

For a stand-alone program you may
add the following two lines

90 RANDOMIZE USR 100: NEW
9000 RANDOMIZE USR 100: SAVE
"booter.Bl" LINE 1

SPECTRUM for your 2068

If you are a LarKen LK-DOS owner and
would like to run SPECTRUM programs on
your system, we will supply a V2 EPROM,
socket and 74HCT32 for $12 which includes
shipping and handling. The installation
instructions are in your LarKen manual. We
shall not be responsible for your install job.
AERCO owners need only the EPROM for
$10 forwarded to LarKen.
Bob Swoger Address on page 2

747 Flight Simulator

So you like to fry, the 747 Flight Simulator for
SPECTRUM by Derek Ashton of DACC sold
over 40K copies in Europe. Requires a
SPECTRUM equipped 2068. At this time
supplied on LarKen SSDD disk only for $10
which goes to Derek now working at Motorola
with Bob.

Bob Swoger Address on page 2

PAL Chips

Programmable Array Logic chips are available

for all Timex or QL's from NAP_Ware.

Nazir Pashtoon

940 Beau Dr. Apt. 204

Des Plaines IL 60016-5876

Phone(eve.) 708 439-1679

That if you all share your tips 5
we could all benefit from it!

Les Cottrell Cocoa, FL

IN MEMORY OF

Jim
Brezina

of
CATUG

Index Highlights

Articles

VOLUME l

NUMBER 1

Spring 1991

SNUG is Dead! - Long Live T/SNUG

Oliger Proposes Detant With LarKen
Stepping Rate Fix (Disk drives)

Bob Swoger
Don Lambert

Bob Swoger & Larry Kenny

VOLUME 1

NUMBER 2

Summer 1991

T/SNUG, QUANTA, and PD-QL Software
Converted TS-1016 RAM That Works
Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved I
Solar System Review - Computers & Technologies

AlFeng
Anthony Farrell
Don Lambert
Joan Kealy

VOLUME 1

NUMBER 3

Fall 1991

How To Assemble or Replace TS-1000 Parts Cheap
Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved II
QLUSTerLITE

Gil Parrish
Don Lambert
Al Feng

VOLUME 1

NUMBER 4

Winter 1992

Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved III

Clean Screen Please TS-2068

A Short History of The Z-88

Transfer MS-DOS Files to The TS-2068

QL Directory to Printer PDS DOC

ZX-91 10 Years Later

Don Lambert
Bob Swoger
Dave Bennett
George Chambers
Butch Wienberg
Andre Baune

VOLUME 2

NUMBER 1

Spring 1992

Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved IV
An Updated ZX-81
BenchMarking The ZX-81
Driving Your Tax Threshold
TAX-I-QL TIP
ZX-91 10 Years Later

Don Lambert
Don Lambert
Edward Snow
Joan Kealy
Al Feng
Andre Baune

VOLUME 2

NUMBER 2

Summer 1992

Cassette LOAD/SAVE Problems Solved V
Modem Time 1 st MTERM II
Refining ZCOMM (MODEMming)
TS-2068 to Z-88 Transfer Via Modem

Don Lambert
Bob Swoger
Joseph Rampolla
Dave Bennett

ZX-91 10 Years Later

Andre Baune

VOLUME 2

NUMBER 3

BYTE-BACK MD-68 Modem
Mineral Oil & The Printer Ribbon
Mineral Oil & The Edge Connector
Resetting Track 0 on Disk Drives
Writing Programs More Efficiently
ZX-91 10 Years Later

New Commands Effective With JLO SAFE V2.6

VOLUME 2

NUMBER 4

Fall 1992

Bob Swoger
Abed Kahale
Bob Swoger
Don Lambert
Bob Swoger
Andre Baune
John Oliger

Winter 1992

50 TIPS (Programming)

VOLUME 3

NUMBER 1

Don Lambert

Spring 1993

Compound Interest & Investing
Static Electricity

Changing a REM statement in ZX-81 BASIC
Use Some Hitching Bits as a Flagman
AUTOSTART Problem? with LogiCall

VOLUME 3

NUMBER 2

Don Lambert
Don Lambert
Bill Harmer
Bill Harmer
Bob Swoger

Summer 1993

SPDOS for RAMEX Mellina K (Disk drive)
RecordKeeping
Disk Life
Disk Life

VOLUME 3

NUMBER 3

Re-Inking, Ribbon Resuscitation
Did You Know? (LarKen Tips)
Inexpensive Z-88 Parallel to Serial Converter
Tasman 'B' Printer Interface (CPI)

Don Lambert
Abed Kahale
Ted Jensen
Edward Snow

Fall 1993

John Wase

Les Cottrell

Jay Shepard III

Bob Swoger & Larry Kenny

Back copies are for 500 each, Postpaid from

A. KAHALE

335 W NEWPORT RD

HOFFMAN ESTATES IL 60195-3106

AERCO
BOX 18093
AUSTIN TX 78760

DAVID LEECH
BYTE-BACK INC
PO BOX 112
LEESVILLE SC 29070

DAN ELLIOTT
COMPUTER CLASSICS
RT1BOX117
CABOOL MO 65689

ED GREY ENTERPRISES
POBOX 2186
INGLEWOOD CA 90305
213 759-7406

JOHN MCMLCAEL
1710 PALMER DR
LARAMIE WY 82070
307 742-4530

JOHN OLIGER
11601 WHEDEBYDR
CUMBERLAND IN 46229

FRANK DAVIS
MECHANICAL AFFINITY
513 E MAIN ST
PERU IN 46970
317 473-8031

PAUL HOLMGREN
MECHANICAL AFFINITY
5231 WILTON WOOD CT
INDIANAPOLIS IN 46254
317 291-6002

BILL FEREBEE
MOUNTAINEER SOFTWARE
749 HILL ST #9
PARKERSBURG WV 26104
304 424-7272

ROD GO WEN
RMG ENTERPRISES
14784 S QUAIL GROVE CIR
OREGON CITY 97045
503 655-7484

BILL RUSSELL
RUSSEL ELECTRONICS
RD1 BOX 539
CENTER HALL PA 16828

MARK STUEBER
SHARP'S COMPUTER CENTER
7244 MECHANICSVILLE TURNPIKE
MECHANICS VILLE V A 23111
804 730-9697 FAX 804 746-1978

BILL RUSSELL
RUSSELL ELECTRONICS
RD1 BOX 539
CENTER HALL PA 16828

SUNSET ELECTRONICS

2254 TARAVAL ST

SAN FRANCISCO CA 94116

UPDATE! COMPUTER SYSTEMS
P O BOX 1095
PERU IN 46970
317 473-8031

ea(ers,

T/SNUG will run your ads for free,
just send us a copy of your ad. Our members
are paying to see what you have to offer. We,
at T/SNUG, feel that this will help you to stay
around longer. Just send your ad to Don
Lambert or to Abed Kahale. We shall send
you this Newsletter for free for as long as you
and we are 'still around'.

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THIS LIST IS FROM SOME FOLKS WHO DO NOT NEED THE ITEMS!

NOW IT COULD BE YOURS!

1> TRS TAPE RECORDER * 15.00

1> TS 2068 POWER SUPPLY * 20.00

1> BOOK-SAMS BEG INNER /INTERMEDIATE MANUAL * 5.00

1> BOOK-BRAIN GAMES * 5.00

SUPER SPECIAL: — ALL OF THE ABOVE FOR ONLY *40.00 PP !

SAVE ******!

FOR ABOVE ITEM(S) PLEASE USE REFERENCE # BWU1291

1 > ZX81 16K RAMPAK (2068) * 5.00

1> TS TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANUAL (2068) * 6.00

1> MICROBRIDGE S/W - ( QL ) * 20.00

10> QUANTUM LEVELS MAGAZ I NES- ( QL ) * 12.50

**> ALL OF THE ABOVE FOR ONLY *40.00 PP <**
FOR ABOVE ITEMS PLEASE USE REFERENCE # CLU0689

1 > 6 PAK TS1000 S/W W/DOCS — THIS INCLUDES SHIPPING! — * 5.00
1> SHARP 4602 LAPTOP/2 720K FLOPPY DRIVES/640K RAM
10MHZ 2 SERIAL/1 PAR. PORT - RGB/CGA PORT - 5.25"
FLOPPY PORT - 2 BATTERY PAKS - DOS 3.30 BAKLIT LCD
SCREEN - CASE WITH MANY POCKETS. ALSO INCLUDES
- ALL IN LIKE-NEW CONDITION. COMPUTER INCLUDES AC
ADAPTOR MAKE US AN OFFER !( REASONABLE ! ) * 475.00PP

FOR ABOVE ITEMS PLEASE USE REFERENCE # JCU0989

1 > QUANTUM THEORY (BOOK) * 5.00

4> OLD ISSUES OF QL WORLD * 5.00

FOR ABOVE ITEMS PLEASE USE REFERENCE # RSU1091

1> OLIVETTI INK JET PRINTER PR2300 WITH 5 CARTRIDGES -*125.00
GREAT LITTLE PR INTER- INK CARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE
FROM THE MANUFACTURER!

FOR ABOVE ITEMS PLEASE USE REFERENCE # JRU0393

CNSN-1 ALL PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING! APRIL 9, 1993.

NOTE! ! ADDRESS CHANGE! RMG ENTERPRISES; 14784 QUAIL GROVE
CIRCLE; OREGON CITY, OR 97045
TELE: (503) 655-7484 8AM-6PM PT TUE-SAT * FAX (503) 655-4116 24
HRS.

NOTE! ! ! THREE PAGES HAVE BEEN UPDATED FROM THE LAST ISSUE OF ZQA
AND THREE (3) PAGES ADDED. LOTS OF BARGAINS THERE.

HERE IS THE OTHER PACKAGE DEAL!

UNIT 2 INCLUDES:

1> TS1000 W/P/S, 16K RAM, 2040 PRINTER FILESIXTY KEYBOARD,
GRAPHICS TOOL KIT, PROGRAMMER'S TOOL KIT, FROGGER, MANUAL
1> ORGANIZER
1> HOME ASSET MANAGER
1> HOME IMPROVEMENT PLANNER
1> IRA ANALYZER
1> NOWOTICK PUZZLER
1> STOCK MARKET TECH ANALYSIS
1> CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH
1> COMPUTER COACH
i> THE GAMBLER
1> GRIMMS FAIRY TRAILS
1> THE CUBE GAME
1> CHESS
1> THE STARTER
1> STOCK MARKET GAME
1> VU-CALC

1> INVENTORY - MAGIC WORLD
1> COUPON MANAGER
1> CHECKBOOK MANAGER
1> STAMP COLLECTOR
1> MONEY ANALYZER 1
1> MONEY ANALYZER 2

1> EXTENDED BASIC - TOM WOODS - NEW
1> ZX PRO/FILE
1> PRO/FILE 1000+
1> MONOPOLY - SAVAGE SOFTWARE
1> TEN GOOD GAMES - SAVAGE SOFTWARE
1> TRADER JACK - SAVAGE SOFTWARE
1> DELPHIC TOOL KIT W/16 PAGE DOCS

ALL OF THE ABOVE CAN BE YOURS FOR ONLY *120.00
FOR ABOVE UNIT PLEASE USE REFERENCE # HCU0793

CNSN-13 LAST UPDATED JULY 17, 1993

As some of you know by now, we finally received version 5.0 upgrade
of Bob Swoger's LOGICALL for LK DOS and it is supper! We have shipped
the copies that some of you had on order. Let us know what you think of it. If
anyone else would like a copy of the upgrade, just send your original disk
with $5 to cover costs to us and we will send you a new copy. Please specify
disk format (5.25" / 3.5" DSDD/SSDD). If you want to keep a copy of the old
version, please do so as we will be putting the new version on your old disk.

Our thanks again to all the loyal customers and TSfans who have been so patient
during our recent move. We think we are pretty current with our mail and orders. If you
have been waiting for more than 60 days, PLEASE! let us know so we can correct the

HERE IS A GREAT COLLECTION OF ITEMS FOR YOU!
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-(1) Q-SAVE fast load amplifier (back panel removed)

with both cassette software and EPROM firmware module,
all docs, 438.

-(i) R. A.M. 2716/2732 EPROM burner and reader (mapped 8-16K) .
This is a really nice board with driver software
(firmware> and excellent docs which I built but never
tested. Has (2) Tex tool ZIF sockets for burn and (4)
Aries ZIF sockets for read, (2) 8255A. Has other options.
Requires inexpensive power supply (like Oliger's EPROM
burner power supply). Connects via short ribbon cable. I
have over 4150 invested in this board-requires final
adjustment, Docs. 440.

-4116-1 RAM chips. Most with slightly shortened leads. About
90 available at 410.00 for ALL.

-(1) Byte Back Modem. Fully socketed. Built it myself and

modified to new address in the 0-16K block. Software-all
docs including kluge data included. Kluging necessitated
removal of the case (included) but this modem could be
converted back to stock without any trouble. Works fine.
430.

-(1) Timex 16K rampacks, used, in original boxes. 44 each-
2/47. (Add 43 shipping for both-41.50 for one)

-(6) TS 1000 Rampacks all setup for the Hunter bank switch

project in TS Horizons. The two small boards of each bank
are joined together edge to edge with soldered-in 20 gauge
wire jumpers to make a single long (very strong) board.
Each long board has the edge connector modified to provide
a standard Sinclair feedthru (the toughest part of the
project). The entire 6-card stack is bolted rigidly
together with small threaded rod and plastic spacers. I
never got more than three or four of these boards to run
together. That was before I became aware of the evils of
excessive bus loading. This might be cured with buffering
and really should have been addressed more carefully in
the article- Docs, software included. 415.

-(3) TS 1000 motherboards. Complete and guaranteed to OK 47

each.

CNSN-4 (USE REFERENCE # WU0491 )

CNSN-4 Last Updated: JULY 7, 1993

ROD GOWAN, OWNER, RMG ENTERPRISES
14784 SOUTH QUAIL GROVE CIRCLE
OREGON CITY OR 97045
503/655-7484 8AM - 6PM PT TUES-SAT * FAX: 503/655-4116 24 HRS

RMG now has VOICEMAIL! If you call our FAX line at 503-655-4116
you will get the computer operator who will tell you that "This
line is normally used for facisimile transmission. Press any key
to leave a voice message." If you so, you can leave up to a 60
second message for us. We are renting mailboxes locally and hope
to add a third telephone line when traffic warrants it. This
voicemail line offers you the ability to leave a message on
either of our lines or send us a FAX

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF GREAT COLLECTOR PACKAGES !

UNIT 1 INCLUDES:

1> TS1000 W/P/S, 16K RAM MANUAL , MI-NOT ADAPTER INSTALLED
i> MEMOPAK 64K

1> DIGITAL DUAL DISK DRIVE W/P/S, FAN, CASE, 2 DRIVES 40 TRACK

SS/DD 5.25" W/AERCO CENTONICS INTERFACE W/ DOCS.

BILL BOSS DOS ON DISK FOR THE TS1000

THIS REQUIRES THE MI-NOT ADAPTOR.

PRO-FILE ON DISK.
6> DISKS WITH MANY PROGRAMS.
1> TS2040 PRINTER IN ORIGINAL BOX
i> MEMOTEXT MODULE

1> MEMOTEXT ON DISK BY F. NACHBAUER
1> MEMOCALC MODULE

1> MEMOTECH HRG MODULE NEVER USED
1> MEMOTECH PLUG IN KEYBOARD

1> PROGRAMMER'S TOOL KIT SOFTS YNC

1> GRAPHICS TOOL KIT SOFTS YNC

1> KRAKIT

1> FROGGER

1> BUDGETER

1> CARPOOLER

1> ALGEBRA 1

1> STATES AND CAPITALS

1> BACKGAMMON

1> FLIGHT SIMULATOR

1> STRAGEGY FOOTBALL

1> PUZZLER

1> GRAPHIC GOLF - MINDWARE
1> GAMES/CROSSWORD - MINDWARE

1> EXEC-SOFT 7 SOFTWARE PROGRAMS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS:
CUSTOMER CREDIT; EXECU-DIARY; ACCOUNTS PAYABLE; INVENTORY;
GENERAL LEDGER; ADDRESS AND PHONE FILE; ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE; 3
BLANK CASSETTES/DATA — ALL IN A PLASTIC BINDER.

1> MEMOTECH CENTRONICS INTERFACE

1> CABLE FOR ABOVE INTERFACE

1 ADVANCED BUDGET MANAGER SOFTSYNC

ALL OF ABOVE FOR ONLY *600.00 (INCLUDES SHIPPING)

FOR ABOVE UNIT USE REFERENCE # HCU0793
SEE SHEET 12 FOR OTHER UNIT:

CNSN-12 LAST UPDATED: JULY 17, 1993

7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7^^

NOTE BY DON LAMBERT: THERE ARE STILL TSERS USING THE AERCO
ZX81/TS1000 DISK SYSTEM. IT DOES REQUIRE A BOOT DISK AND THE
BOOT HAS TO BE ON EACH DISK. THE BB.DOS IS WHAT MAKES IT A REAL
SYSTEM AND THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE UNIT. THE SS DRIVES CAN BE
REPLACED BY DOUBLE SIDED DRIVES WHICH GIVES ADDED CAPACITY TO
THE DISK. IT IS FAST, LOAD A PROGRAM WHILE A CASSETTE IS GETTING
TO THE PROGRAM ON TAPE. I KNOW OF SEVERAL THAT USE THE AERCO
ZX81 DISK INTERFACE. *-\->

CASSETTES

WE JUST KEEP ADDING MORE PAGES! MORE ITEMS FOR YOU!!!

1> MIRACLE QL PRINTER INTERFACE * 30.00

1> QL TECHNICAL GUIDE * 10.00

2> AERCO FD-68 DISK INTERFACE W/256K RAM *105.00EA

1> COLECO POWER SUPPLY FOR USE WITH FD-68 * 5.00

1> TECHNIKA 13" COMPOSITE COLOR MONITOR * 45.00

i> RITEMAN 9 PIN DOT MATRIX PRINTER *125.00

INCLUDES: TRACTOR/ROLL FEED W/8 RIBBONS
GRAPHICS COMPATIBLE

FOR ABOVE ITEMS PLEASE USE REFERENCE # RDSU0393

HERE ARE SOME BOOKS THAT MAY INTEREST YOU!

1> TIMEX SINCLAIR 1000/ZX81 USERS MANUAL * 2.00

1> EXPLORING TS1 500/ 1000 GRAPHICS * 3.00

1> BASIC BASICS FOR THE TS1 500/ 1000 * 3.00

1> BYTING DEEPER INTO YOUR TS1000 * 4.00

1> LEARNING TIMEX/SINCLAIR BASIC LEIN * 5.00

1> TS1000 BASIC PROGRAMS IN MINUTES SYBEX * 3.00

1> THE ZX81 COMPANION ~ * 2.00

1> THE TS1000 BASIC HANDBOOK SYBEX * 3.00

1> THE ELEMENTARY TS1000 DATAMOST * 3.00

1> CRUNCHERS 21 SIMPLE GAMES FOR TS1000 2K * 2.00

1> PROGRAMS YOUR TS1000/BASIC EISENBACHER * 5.00

1> TS BASIC PRIMER WITH GRAPHICS SAMS * 3.00

1> THE TIMEX PERSONAL COMPUTER MADE SIMPLE * 2.00

1> MASTERING YOUR TS1000 PERSONAL COMPUTER * 2.00

1> Z80 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE SUBROUTINES LEVENTHAL * 12.00

TOTAL SELLING PRICE * 69.00

ORDER ALL - PACKAGE PRINCE ONLY *50.00 + *10. SHIPPING

COLLECTOR'S ITEMS
LIPINSKI'S SOFTWARE BUYER'S GUIDE TO TS

PRODUCTS AND SE VICES IN LOOSE LEAF BINDER * 15.00+3SH

SYNCWARE NEWS VOLUMES 2-3-4-5 * 25.00+5SH

FOR ABOVE ITEMS USE REFERENCE # HCU0793

CNSN - 11 LAST UPDATED AUGUST 15, 1993

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AI Business - Inventory, Manufacturing Control BD

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Hobbies - Photo, Stamps, User Groups

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Chess and Backgammon

Dungeons and Dragons

Casino

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The Pixel Print Plus! and Sting Graphics Support package are LKDOS, LOAD/SAVE are
directly to disk. All files are contained as Pixel Print on the respective disk.
The Disk DOCTOR was written by George Chambers of The Toronto TTSUC.
The RLE Graphics Collection contains 72 RLEs courtesy of Bill Ferrebee and QRLKDOS, Jack
Dohany's QRL RLE File Handler converted to LKDOS.

Transcribed from original by A. Kahale 10/93

The above library was donated to T/SNUG by

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